Basket cover



Jan. 19, 1954 T, s's 2,666,482

BASKET COVER Filed July 21 1950 INVENTOR.

WWW 3M Kyffir T. Bussard i atentecl Jan. 19, 1954 BASKET COVER Kyffin'1. Bussard, Albany, 01'eg.; Ward Ruthruff, executor of said Kyffin T.Bussard, deceased, assignor to R. D. Bussard, Albany, Oreg.

Application July 21, 1950, Serial N 0. 175,233

3 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in a basket cover.

An object of this invention is to provide an improvement in the art ofdry cleaning by supplying an improved cover for the whirling tub used toextract liquid from the material being cleaned, thereby preventing thematerial; as clothing, from creeping through the normally open top ofthe basket.

Another object of this invention is to provide an improved cover whichis expansible to a predetermined maximum width or diameter by means of aresilient stiffener which forms a part of the cover and which is soarranged as to be easily pulled together to remove the cover from thewhirling tub. I

Ancillary objects and features of importance will become apparent infollowing the description of the illustrated form of the invention.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 i a longitudinal sectional view of the improved cover showingits use in connection with a substantially conventional extractor tuband extractor basket;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the cover;

Figure 3 is a plan view of the resilient wire which is employed as astiffener in the cover; and

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail View taken substantially en the line 44of Figure 2 and in the direction of the arrows.

The cover to be described is designed and intended primarily to be usedin the laundry and dry cleaning art as a cover or retainer for the openend of the extractor tub 10. This tub is foraminous, being'provided witha number of openings 12 therein through which the liquid of the garmentsM is adapted to pass when the tub is rotated at a rather high speedthrough the spindle drive assembly [6. The extractor basket [8 isdisposed therearound, also carried by the assembly I6. Said basket issupplied with an opening 2 at the top thereof, while the tub is providedwith an opening 22 at the top thereof, which opening is defined by therolled upper edge 24 of said tub It.

The cover 26 (Figure 2) consists of at least tw thicknesses 28 and 3B ofmaterial, as canvas or duck connected together by transverse rows 32 andlongitudinal rows 34 of stitching. An arcuate row 36 of stitching isprovided adjacent the periphery of the cover and at the ends of thetransverse and longitudinal rows of stitching. A ci-rcular row 38 ofstitching is provided closer to the periphery of the cover and provides,with the row 36, a pocket t in which is disposed the resilient stiffenerassembly 42 (Figure 4).

This stiffener assembly consists of a flexible tube M having the ends 46and 48 of the wire 50 disposed therein. The wire forms one complete coiland a part of another before the ends thereof are disposed slidably inthe tube 44. Accordingly by pulling opposite sides of the cover 26together, the ends &6 and 58 will slide in the tube 44, therebyeffectively decreasing the diameter or width of the cover so that it maybe inserted below the rolled edg 24 of the tub I. As soon as the pullingforce on the cover is relaxed, it will automatically spring to thecondition disclosed in Figure 1, that is, to the condition to close theopening 22.

For strengthening purposes, one or more screw and Washer assemblies '56may pass through the thicknesses 28 and 363 of material and the strap 58which is stitched over the pocket 50 may be used for the same purpose.There is a tendency for the wire 59 to creep so as to become disengagedfrom the tube or coil spring 44. To prevent this, the spaced fianges 56on the wire 50 are contacted by the edges of the strap 58, and thus thewire cannot creep.

A strap 6i which is stitched at 62 and 64 adjacent the end thereof tothe thicknesses of material is disposed on one surface of the materialof the cover. This strap is stitched also at 66. which is substantiallythe center of the strap, to thereby provide two hand holding loops 6!}and 18.

In operation, the loops 88 and Hi may be grasped both to insert and toremove the cover 26 from the whirling tub.

Having described the claimed as new is:

1. For use with an extractor tub, a flexible cover having a peripheralpocket extending entirely therearound, a resilient wire carried withinsaid pocket and having its ends overlapped, a stiffening tube disposedwithin said pocket and having its ends circumferentially spaced from oneanother, the overlapping ends of said Wire being disposed within theends of said tube whereby the tube and wire constitute a yieldable meansto expand and reduce the effective covering surface of the cover.

2. For use with an extractor tub, a flexible cover having a peripheralpocket extending entirely therearound, a resilient wire carried withinsaid pocket and having its ends overlapped, a stiffening tube disposedwithin said ocket and having its ends circumferentially spaced from oneanother, the overlapping ends of said Wire being disposed within theends of said tube whereby the tube and wire constitute a yieldable meansto expand and reduce the effective coverinvention, what is 3 4 ingsurface of the cover, said cover being com- References Cited in the fileof this patent prised of two thicknesses of material and said UNITEDSTATES PATENTS pocket being formed therebetween.

3. The combination of claim 2 and. a strap hav- Number N Date ing a loopand fastened to said cover, said wire 5 108L719 Wanamaker 20, 1914 beingpassed through the loop of said strap, and 1181154 Mltchen May 21 meansfixed to said wire in spaced relationship ggg ga is 1 r p to each otl" rand on opposite sides of the loop 2,529,816 Rowe NOV. 14, 1950 of saidstrap to abut opposite edges of the strap thereby forming stops toprevent said wire from 10 creeping.

KYFFIN T. BUSSARD.

